Books
Research-based tools for confronting whiteness inside LGBTQ+ communities, from Aequitas Network LLC.
The Rainbow Reckoning
Confronting White Privilege in LGBTQ+ Campus Communities
“Impactful. McKay makes concepts easy to understand while providing practical application. Masterful and well done.” — Jennifer, Early Reader
“A great guide for anyone looking for actionable ways to move.” — Shawna, Early Reader
In 2009, Matthew William McKay studied what happens when someone else tells your story first. In 2024, she documented what happens when a community does it: White Rainbow Weaponization, the strategic use of white racial identity to hold power inside LGBTQ+ spaces. This book turns both studies into a working manual.
- Conversation scripts for the moments practitioners actually face
- A four-level equity audit for programs and policies
- Three ready-to-run workshop designs, including a ten-week accountability program
- Assessment tools built to survive hostile legislative climates
- Reproducible versions of every tool in the appendices
Unmasking the Rainbow
A Guided Workbook for White LGBTQ+ People Confronting Race and Identity
You have a coming-out story. Do you have a race story? This workbook asks white LGBTQ+ people to write the story they have never been asked to write, in four movements: locate, narrate, confront, commit.
Use it on your own, or hand it to participants alongside the workshops in The Rainbow Reckoning.
For campuses and programs
Faculty: request a free review copy for course consideration.
Centers and DEI offices: ask about bulk pricing on workbooks for trainings.
Workshops: the facilitation designs in Book One are available as on-campus or virtual trainings.
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